Show-case.



J. S. GEESY.

SHOW CASE.

APPLICATION HLED JULY 20, I916.

Patented June 5, 1917.

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J. S. GEESY.

SHOW CASE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 20. 1916- PatentedJune 5, 1917.

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SHOW-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 20, 1916. Serial No. 110,366.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSIAH S. GnnsY, a citizen of the United States, residing at York, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Show-Gases, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains to show cases constructed with a view to being opened at the front by a salesman or other person in authority stationed back of a counter or the like.

The object of my invention is to provide a show case embodying a vertically swinging top section, and simple, compact and reliable means through the medium of which a person at the back of the case is enabled, with the expenditure of but little effort, to raise the said top section, control the descent thereof, and secure the top in its raised position and also in its lower and closed position.

Other objects and advantageous characteristics of the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the same are read in connection with the accompanying drawings, hereby made a part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a show case embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same, and

Fig. 3 is a vertical central section showing the cover raised in dotted lines.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

In general my novel show case 1 may be of any construction that comprises a vertically-swinging top section 2 and is other wise in accord with the purposes of my invention. The show case may also be mounted on any support suitable to its purpose. I prefer, however, to provide the show case 1 with a rear horizontal shelf 3 and a forward inclined rest 4, the latter for boxes of cigars and other articles of commodity to be displayed for sale. I also prefer to superimpose the show case 2 on a transparent case 5 and to embody the two cases ina single frame unit as illustratedythe lower case 5 being adapted to contain suspended shelves and other appurtenances for the advantageous display of goods of various descriptions.

In furtherance of my invention the shelf 3 of the case 1 is provided in its rear edge portion with a kerf 6, while fixed on and rising from the floor 7 of said case are two standards 8, preferably of metal. Journaled in the upper portions of said standards 8 is a transverse rock shaft 9, and at the ends of said rock shaft are two cranks or arms 10. Pivoted to these cranks or arms 10 and also to the underside of the swinging top section 2 are links 11 that reach and are adapted to move vertically alongside the side edges of the inclined rest 4 before referred to. It will thus be manifest that incidental to the rocking of the shaft 9 in one direction, the top section '2 will be raised, while gravitation of the said section 2 to its closed position will attend rocking of the shaft 9 in the opposite direction. At an in- Patented June 5, 1917.

termediate point of its length the rock shaft 9 is provided with a handle 12 fixed thereto, which handle, in the preferred embodiment of my invention, is of general right angle forme'. 6., comprises a portion that ex tends rearwardly from the shaft 9 and an angularly-disposed free portion. The firstnamed portion of the handle 12 is adapted to cooperate with a resilient keeper 13 pendent on the shelf 3, while the second-named or free handle portion is adapted to move in the kerf 6 of shelf 3 and is also adapted to cooperate with a resilient keeper 14, fixed to and rising from the floor 7 of the case 1.

lVhen deemed necessary or desirable a sliding door 15 may be provided at the back of the show case 1, which door must be opened by the person in authority precedent to the operation of my novel mechanism.

In the practical use of my invention, it will be manifest that when the top section 2' of the show case is closed, and the free portion of the operating handle 12 rests in the kerf of the back shelf 3 of the case, the

portion of the handle nearest the rock shaft will be held against downward movementby the upper keeper 13, and consequently the top section 2 will be secured in its closed position. When, however, considerable backward and downward pull is exerted on the operating handle, or said handle is otherwise disengaged from the upper keeper and is moved backward and downward, the top section 2 will be raised, and this with the expenditure of but little effort on the part of the operator. Manifestly, the operator or person in authority can either hold the top section 2 in its raised position through the medium of the handle and the remainder of V @r the operating mechanism, or can secure said top section 2 in the raised position by putting the handle in engagement with the lower keeper 14. After the patron has selected the article he desires to purchase, the operator through the handle and the remain der of the mechanism controls the gravitation of the top section 2 until the said section is fully closed, at which time the handle will have snapped past the upper keeper 13 to secure the top section in the closed posi tion.- r I It will be gathered from the foregoing that my improvements are simple, ineXpensive, and easily operated; also, that the improved mechanism embodies no delicate parts such as are likely to get out of order This, however, is but one arrangement that i may be resorted to, and as it is not of the essence of my invention I have deemed it unnecessary to illustrate it.

Having described my invention, what I claim and. desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1, A show case having a forward top section hinged at its rear end to swing vertically, a shelf arranged in the/rear portion of the case and having a kerf in its rear edge, a rest arranged in the case and extending forwardly and downwardly from the shelf and having its side edges spaced from the side walls of the case, standards fixed on the floor of the case and disposed below the shelf, a transverse rock shaft journaled in said standards and having cranks at its ends and also having a handle movable in the kerf of the shelf, and links Copies of this patent may be obtained for interposed between and pivotally connected to the cranks on the shaft and the top section and movable in the spaces between the inclined rest and the side walls of the case.

2. A show case having a forward top section hinged at its rear end to swing vertically, a shelf arranged in the rear portion of the case and having a kerf in its rear edge, a rest arranged in the case and extending forwardly and downwardly from the shelf and having its side edges spaced from the side walls of the case, standards fixed on the floor of the case and disposed below the shelf, a transverse rock shaft journaled in said standards and having cranks at its ends and also having a handle that extends rearwardly from the shaft and then upwardly through the kerf in the shelf, a resilient keeper depending from the shelf and adapted to engage the rearwardly-extending portion of the handle, a resilient keeper rising from the floor of the case and adapted to engage the other portion of the handle, and links interposed between and pivotally connected to the cranks on the shaft and the top section and movable in the spaces between the inclined rest and the side walls of the case.

3. A show case having a forward top section hinged at its rear end to swing vertically, a rock shaft supported above and in spaced relation to the bottom of the case and having cranks and also having an angular handle, links connecting said cranks with the top section, a resilient. keeper rising from the floor of the case and adapted to engage the portionof, the angular handle remote from the rock shaft, and a pendent resilient keeper supported in the case and adapted to engage the portion of the angular handle adjacent to the rock shaft.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSIAH S. GEESY.

Witnesses: V

M. J. RArrENsBERsER, U. K". HILDEBRAND.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

